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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 33249

Puts in, or replaces, an implantable defibrillator — a device that watches the heart rhythm and delivers pacing or a shock if a dangerous fast rhythm starts. One or two leads are threaded through a vein under the collarbone into the heart and connected to a generator placed in a pocket under the skin. It covers both a first implant and a full system replacement.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein cost?

$30,771

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30,771 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $29,512 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,259$1,072 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$29,512$14,791 to $41,687

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29,512 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $64,565Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,738
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $29,512professional $1,259

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25,703.96
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$74,131.02
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35,481.34
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$41,686.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$51,286.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$954.99

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 19.9 times more in Alaska than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$30,771

$1,259 physician + $29,512 facility

AK $53,750MT $2,699

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.